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  • 81enthrall — verb a) To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate. b) To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate …

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  • 82Citadels (card game) — Machiavelli (card game) redirects here. For the Italian card game, see Machiavelli (Italian card game) (The Dutch version of the card game is based on Citadels not on the Italian card game.) Citadels (card game) Designer(s) Bruno Faidutti Players …

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  • 83Nine-tailed fox — Nine tailed fox, from the Qing edition of the Shan Hai Jing The Nine tailed fox is a mythological creature that has the appearance of a fox but with nine tails. This mythological creature was first created in Asia (China, Korea, Japan). Contents… …

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  • 84beguile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. delude, deceive; amuse, divert. See deception, pleasure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deceive] Syn. mislead, trick, delude, hoodwink; see deceive , tempt . 2. [To charm] Syn. delight, divert, amuse,… …

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  • 85spell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. charm, trance; talisman; incantation, sorcery, magic; witchery, allure, glamour; enchantment; spellbinding; term, period, interval; time; turn, stretch; breathing spell, respite. See substitution,… …

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  • 86spellbind — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. enchant, entrance, bewitch, mesmerize, hypnotize, charm, fascinate, hold, rivet, enthrall, transfix. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To act upon with or as if with magic: bewitch, charm, enchant, enthrall,… …

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  • 87Sorcery — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sorcery >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sorcery sorcery Sgm: N 1 occult art occult art occult sciences Sgm: N 1 magic magic the black art necromancy theurgy thaumaturgy Sgm: N 1 demonology …

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  • 88Pairikas —    In Persian lore and ZOROASTRIANISM, a class of DAEVA or DEMON of beautiful seductresses who have the power to bewitch in malevolent ways. The Pairikas exert their baleful influences on the elements, cattle, and all vegetation. AHRIMAN uses… …

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  • 89bewitched — late 14c. in the literal sense, pp. adjective from BEWITCH (Cf. bewitch); figurative use from 1570s …

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  • 90fascinate — (v.) 1590s, bewitch, enchant, from M.Fr. fasciner (14c.), from L. fascinatus, pp. of fascinare bewitch, enchant, fascinate, from fascinus spell, witchcraft, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Gk. baskanos bewitcher, sorcerer, with form influenced …

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